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16 July 2010
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: July 16-19, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready for a rock the night weekend? Then come along as you won't need a telescope to watch the movement of the planets and the Perseid meteor shower heating up your evenings! If you'd still like a challenge, then why not chase bright asteroid Ceres with binoculars – or look [...]
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11 July 2010
Bright Outburst of QZ Virginis In Progress…
According to AAVSO Special Notice #212: "Hiroshi Matsuyama (MTH), Kanimbla, Queensland, Australia, reports and Rod Stubbings (SRX), Tetoora Road, Victoria, Australia, confirms that the SU UMa-type dwarf nova QZ Vir (formerly called T Leo) is in outburst, and possibly in superoutburst." (...)Read the rest of Bright Outburst of QZ Virginis In Progress… (85 words) © [...]
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03 July 2010
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: July 2-4, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Hopefully the rains have passed in your area and you're ready for some dark skies and a double-dip… Double stars that is! This weekend we'll take a look at some of the most colorful and interesting binary stars of the summer. Need more? Then hang tight as we take a look at [...]
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25 June 2010
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: June 25-27, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! If we can keep the clouds and rain away, this will be an incredible weekend to enjoy some peaceful and relaxing time under the Moon and stars. We'll begin with a heads up on a partial lunar eclipse whose beginning – or end – will be visible to most of us. Check [...]
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18 June 2010
Occulation Reveals Distant Kuiper Belt Object is Surprisingly Icy Bright
How do you study an extremely small planetary body in the dim outer reaches of our solar system? Get all your friends from around the world to wait for a very elusive – if not short-lived – special event. And in doing so, you may find something completely unexpected. Enter James Elliot from MIT. Elliot [...]
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18 June 2010
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – June 18-20, 2010
Greetings, fellow Stargazers! Have you been enjoying the rain? Then keep your eyes open for a "celestial shower" as meteoritic activity picks up over the next few nights, culminating in the peak of the Ophiuchid meteor Saturday night through Sunday morning. While you're out relaxing, be sure to spare some time for lunacy and take [...]
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17 June 2010
It's Noctilucent Cloud Season!
It's summer (well, OK, technically next week it is summer) but it's the the time of year that northern latitudes can see the beautiful, awe inspiring atmospheric phenomena called Noctilucent Clouds, or night shining clouds. They aren't like regular cumulus or cirrus clouds, but are mysterious and unique high atmosphere cloud formations thought to be [...]
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15 June 2010
New Worlds to Explore? Kepler Spacecraft Finds 750 Exoplanet Candidates
The Kepler spacecraft has found over 750 candidates for extrasolar planets, and that is just from data collected in the first 43 days of the spacecraft's observations. "This is the biggest release of candidate planets that has ever happened," said William Borucki, Kepler's lead scientist. "The number of candidate planets is actually greater than [...]
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15 June 2010
Subaru Telescope Takes Montage of Hayabusa's Return to Earth
The world watched and waited for the Hayabusa spacecraft to make its return to Earth on June 13, 2010 and the people of Japan — who built and launched the little spacecraft that could (and did!) — were especially hopeful in watching and waiting. Japan's Subaru Telescope (although located on Mauna Kea in Hawaii) [...]
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04 June 2010
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: June 4-6, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Sorry to be so late, but satellite internet connections and electrical storms don't mix! Even though there's not a snowball's chance in the desert of observing here tonight, don't let that stop you from enjoying some of the finest galaxies you'll ever trip the light fantastic with! Find yourself [...]
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28 May 2010
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: May 28-30, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's a green "Corn Moon" weekend and time to get out of the house and enjoy the night sky! Enjoy sharing "Moon Illusion" with friends or simply spotting bright features with easy optics. In the mood to kick back and stargaze? The learn more about the constellation of [...]
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26 May 2010
Man-Made Object Spotted Orbiting the Sun
My dotAstronomy pal Edward Gomez from the Las Cumbres Observatory is reporting that a man-made object has been spotted orbiting the sun. First noticed in the Catalina Sky Survey on May 16, it was thought to be an asteroid, but then, because of its very circular and low-inclined orbit, Richard Miles, using the [...]
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25 May 2010
Amateur Astronomers Spy on Air Force's Secret Mini Space Plane
The US Air Force's unmanned mini space shuttle has been located and tracked in orbit by a contingent of amateur astronomers, and now you can see the X37-B for yourself. The spaceplane was spotted independently by amateur satellite watchers Greg Roberts of Cape Town, South Africa, and Kevin Fetter of Brockville, Canada, on May 20. [...]
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21 May 2010
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – May 21-23, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers… Are you enjoying the typical "change of seasons" weather in your area? If skies should clear for you this weekend, we have some very nice lunar challenges along with some very interesting stars! Why not spend a little time contemplating lunacy and gathering a few photons? When ever [...]
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14 May 2010
Weekend SkyWatcher Forecast: May 14-16, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It is just amazing how much the night sky can change when you're out of commission for a few weeks. Where did Orion go? If you've been missing your own "starry nights", then why not celebrate the weekend with some of the finest objects this time of year has [...]
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